Mr. President, I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation for the initiative and leadership you have shown in convening today’s open debate on the important issue of United Nations peacekeeping operations. I will be very brief.
From their inception, United Nations peacekeeping operations h…
It is my great personal pleasure to see you, Sir, presiding over this important organ of the United Nations.
In order to respect the time limit of four minutes, I will circulate the full text of my statement and deliver only the salient points.
Japan joins others in celebrating the tenth anniversa…
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, Sir, for having convened today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing. I am also grateful to Ambassador Mansour, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, an…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Bangura, for their briefings. I would also like to thank Ms. Rhoda Misaka for her powerful briefing as a representative of civil society.
Japan welcomes the latest report of …
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank Ambassador Tanin of Afghanistan for his statement.
I would first like to express my deepest condolences to the Government and people of Afghanistan for the great loss of their firs…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on an important subject. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the various briefers for their statements earlier today.
I also welcome and support the adoption of resolution 2143 (2014).
Today I would like to touch on four iss…
It gives me great pleasure to address agenda item 37 on the situation in Afghanistan, particularly because I served as the first Special Representative of Japan to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009 and 2010. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Wittig of Germany and his colleagues,…
Before I make a statement on behalf of the group of four (G-4) countries, Mr. President, I wish to express my thanks for your very constructive statement earlier. I wish to assure the Assembly that Japan will participate in the negotiations on Security Council reform with openness and flexibility, t…
As I take the floor in the Security Council for the first time as the new Permanent Representative of Japan, I would like to say how pleased I am to participate in the deliberations of the Council and express my readiness to work with you, Mr. President, and the members of the Council in the coming …
The six-month term of the Interim Administration of Afghanistan is nearing its end. The emergency loya jirga, to be convened in a little over two weeks, will determine the shape of the Transitional Authority that will assume power for the coming two years. The political process in Afghanistan is ind…
At the outset, allow me to express my Government’s sincere condolences to those affected by yet another earthquake, the one that struck northern Afghanistan last night. We are receiving disturbing information — that thousands may have died and many thousands more have lost their homes. Urgent assist…
On behalf of the Government of Japan, I should like to express my appreciation to the countries that coordinated the two draft resolutions before us today, namely Brazil, Malta and the United States of America. My gratitude goes also to all of the representatives who participated in, and contributed…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for providing us with the extensive report on the situation in Central America, as well as the excellent report on the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA).
It is a shared belief of the international community that democratic …
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for providing us with two excellent and detailed reports, on the situation in Central America and on the work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA).
Japan is pleased that at the meeting of the Consultative Group on Recon…
Japan shares the concern expressed by many delegations today regarding the problem of extraterritorial application of jurisdiction, such as that arising from the Helms-Burton Act of the United States. My Government has been closely following the implementation of the legislation and the circumstance…
My delegation too is obliged to exercise its right of reply concerning the statement made by the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. That representative made several allegations concerning Japan's position. My delegation would like to speak on two points. One is Japan's nucl…
